2.5 ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.5
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Boddington · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Boddington
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people have lived alone in Boddington since 2011, though the town remains centered on family life. Over half of all families here include children, and the typical home holds 2.5 people, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5
▼ -3.8%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Boddington — higher than 71% of areas.
| Boddington | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Rest of WA | 2.5 |
| Western Australia | 2.5 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 25.2% of households are people living alone, a figure that rose 3.8 percentage points since 2011. Most homes are small, with 37.9% holding two people and 25.2% holding one.
25.2% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Boddington, the largest group is 2 people at 38%, followed by 1 person (25%) and 4 people (14%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the largest group at 55.3% of families. One-parent families now account for 13.3% of the total, which is about the same as the national figure and rose 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
13.3% ▲ +26.1%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Boddington, Couples with children is the majority at 55%; Couples without children is next at 31%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Boddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50630/boddington/topic/family-households